“When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.”
When the members of the Sanhedrin heard this, they were furious and gnashed their teeth at him - the Sanhedrin's response is uncontrolled violence: 'furious and gnashed their teeth' (dieprionto tais odousin, cut to the heart, gnashing their teeth). Luke uses the same verb he used earlier (Acts 7:39), suggesting a cyclical pattern: prophetic accusation produces rage, and rage produces persecution. The Sanhedrin becomes the very people Stephen has described—resisting the Spirit with violence. Their fury is the proof of his accusation.
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